'Catholicism is not a philosophy, neither is it a theology, but it is a meeting with a person. So the moment you meet Jesus Christ, your life can change radically. That is when I started to look at everything differently.'

Saturday, July 5, 2008

The Holy Father Is Penetrating The Culture

Publishing industry warms to BenedictPublished: June 7, 2008 at 10:05 PMVATICAN CITY, June 7 (UPI) -- The success of the first volume of Pope Benedict XVI's life of Christ in Italy has a religious publisher eyeing the pontiff's backlist. "Jesus of Nazareth" was the eighth-best-selling book in Italy last year, The Telegraph reports.

Catholics have also snapped up Benedict's two encyclicals, buying 3 million copies of "God Is Love" and "Saved by Hope." In Britain, the pope shares a publisher with J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Long before he became pope, Joseph Ratzinger was a prominent theologian and the author of 132 books and articles.

Now, the Vatican publishing operation is working with Helder, the biggest European Catholic publishing house, to reprint his early writing. "There is a rich and extraordinary catalogue and today's readers are looking at it with growing interest," the Rev. Giuseppe Costa, a Vatican official, said. "In the pope there is a strong point of reference, both for religion and culture." The pope hopes to complete the second volume of "Jesus of Nazareth" this summer, the report said.

About Me

I am not a Jesuit, nor am I a cleric. I spent about 5 years under the spiritual direction of a Jesuit, 3 of those years in a weekly directed retreat in everyday life. The profound impact that the Society and the Excercises had upon my life, resulted in me, trying to deal with that impact in some way by sharing my view of Jesus Christ with others. My intention is to pull together Jesuitical and Catholic subjects that interest me. I was born on the feast day of St. Paul Miki, S.J.. I am the father of three small children and an infant, I am married to a great wife.